“Million for the Marsh” campaign reaches goal for South Lake Tahoe
The Tahoe Fund has announced the first million dollars of private funding to help restore the former Motel 6 site has been raised by its donors as part of the “Million for the Marsh” campaign. Launched in November, the campaign set out to raise the first $1 million of private funds to help secure the public funds the California Tahoe Conservancy will need to restore the Upper Truckee Marsh in South Lake Tahoe. … The whole Upper Truckee River Marsh area is over 600 acres, spanning on each side of Lake Tahoe Blvd. They have already completed 250 acres of the marsh on the south side of the road by restoring natural river flows and increasing its capacity to filter pollutants.
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